I love the choice of B&W in this! It really helps draw out the dark eyes and enhances their soulful look. You almost fall into them, they have quite a bit of mystery for such a young boy! I think the time you took this was perfect, the lighting is great, it really hugs the contours of his face and doesn't leave any harsh shadowing at all - and if it did, you did an excellent job of burn/dodging them into submission.
I like the pose, has a familiar feel to it and yet it provides and interesting frame for his face. Its got a subtlety to it, my mind recognizes and accesses my own memories of simple lounges in the grass and yet my eyes enjoy the angles provided and how they occupy the background allowing your son's face to be the star.
The reflections in his eyes are very interesting. I can't tell exactly what's being reflected but the shape adds its own dimension without feeling creepy. I really really like how you managed to keep his entire face in great focus, the focus appears very even and it is clearly delinated from the softer background. It really centers my attention on the important features - even his ears are soft and in the background and thus don't distract.
I'd say the one, somewhat minor, issue I do have is the cutting off of the forehead. The arms being cut off I don't think makes much of a difference, particularly since they feel very background, but his hair is acting as a frame for his face and since there's a portion of it cut off it leaves the top of his head looking a bit open-ended to me. Looking at it, I'd say if there were just a smide more to the top of the photo - about the equivalent of the space between the top of the photo and the menu bar, that'd provide just enough hair to show and finish off the frame of his face and thus close the photo off so I don't roam out of it through the top of his head. I don't think snipping off that much from the bottom of the photo to compensate would effect anything negatively either.
Regardless I really like the soulful, deep and yet almost secretive expression you've captured. The more I look at it, the more I feel like he has a secret that he's pleased about, something in the slight tilting up of the lips maybe? Quite a bit to see here and you've captured it so nicely. |
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